Folding chair.



" No. 746,085. PATENTED DEG.8.19O3.1

. H. G. M. HOWARD.

FOLDING CHAIR.-

' APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1903..

no MODEL.

WITNESSES: J. .1. 22}- /N VE N TOR.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

'FOLDlNG CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 746,085, datedDecember 8, 1903.

Application filed February 4,1903. Serial No. 141.792. (No model.)

To all whom it malyooi wern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. M. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo andState of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Angle-Steel Folding Chair, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce the below-described foldingchair made from angle-steel, with a design of neat appearance, strength,and especially to occupy little space in its folded condition and toguard against accidental collapsing.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the chair as when in condition for use; Fig. 2, a frontelevation of the chair aswhen folded looking from a point at the rightof Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an enlarged view broken from the left of Fig. 1 andreversed; Fig. 4, an enlarged vertical section on line c in Fig. 2looking sition.

from a point at left hand, and-Fig. 5 represents enlarged broken detailsbelow descibed.

Referring to the parts-of-the drawings pointed out by numerals,6 7 arethe front legs, continuous from one to the other at 8 at the upper end,and thus forming the back porrod 13, and near the lower end, is attacheda cross-strip 14, said rod and strip serving to hold and stiffen thelegs, but are intended for the purpose below pointed out as well. Thesestrips mentioned are attached to the back side of the front flange ofthe angle-steel, thus leaving the front and side surface of the back andlegs comparatively smooth.

About half the length of the angle-steel rear legs 15 16 have the twoflanges pressed together, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, to give room andfreedom of movement of the seat 17. This seat is pressed out of a sheetof metal, dishing so that the edges at sides and front flange down at18. The seat 17 is hinged or pivotally attached to the ends of the rearlegs at 19 20. The rear edge is turned over downcross-section, and thishooksover the rod 13 when the chair is in its used position, as in Fig.1.

The rear legs are pivotally attached to the front legs at 22 23, wherethey cross each other, Fig. 3. The frontlegs are providedwithrbearing-blocks 24, attached to the outer flanges,

legs and the bearing-blocks receive the pivot 25, as in Fig. 3.

That portion of the rear legs 1.5and 16 which is down when the chair isin use isheld together by a cross-strip 26 and an X-strip 27,

as in Figs. 2 and 4, riveted or otherwise attached to them.

To prevent the chair from accidentally collapsing when in its usedposition, I attach a spring-bar 28 to the strip 11, allowing saidspring-bar to extend below the rod 13. When the seat 17 isin its usedposition, its turnedover edge 21 comes between the spring-bar 28 and therod 13.

A lock-bar having each end turned at an shown at 30.

When folding the chair, the turned-over edge 21 is disengaged from therod 13, the lower end of the rear legs and the upper end of the backbrought toward each other, and the lower edge of the seat allowedto passback of the strip 14 and swung within the front legs, and the lock-bar30 is swung over the rear edge of the seat, as in Fig. 4, thus bindingit there and holding it firm. Fig. 4 shows the position of parts whenthe'chair is folded, occupying but little more space than the width ofthe side flange of the front legs and back. Thus held closely andcompactly and firmly the chairs can be stored in small space and quiteroughly handled with no danger of collapsing or breaking.

In Fig. 5 the front edge of the seat may be 14, or, on the other hand,it is just passing swung up and hooked over the rod 13 in its usedposition.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates of America, is-

1. The front legs having the central cross wardly, as at 21, Figs. 4 and5, booked. in

by which means the double part of the rear angle and pivoted to the rearlegs at 2919 considered as just passing back of thestrip from behindsaid strip, and the seat will be IOO Having thus described. myinvention,what rod and lower cross-strip attached thereto, the rear legs havingthe lock-bar with angle ends hinged to the legs and adapted to hold thechair-seat in its folded position, said front and rear legs crossingeach other and pivoted together where they cross, combined with thechair-seat hinged to the upper forward ends of the rear legs andprovided with the turnedover end adapted to detachably catch over thecross-rod of the front legs when the chair is in its used position,substantially as set forth.

2. The front legs and chair-back of continuous angle-steel having thecentral crossrod and lower cross-strip attached to the legs, the elasticstrips attached to the chair-back and having the elastic bar with endextended below the cross-rod, the angle-steel rear legs having thelock-bar with angle ends hinged seat in its folded position, said frontand rear legs crossing each other and pivoted together where they cross,combined with the chairseat hinged to the upper forward ends of the rearlegs and provided with the turnedover end adapted to pass between theextended end of the elastic bar and the cross-rod when detachably caughtover said cross-rod, whereby the chair is prevented from accidentalcollapsing when in its used position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have herewith subscribed my name in thepresence of two witnesses.

HENRY G. M. HOWARD. l/Vitnesses:

MAMIE E. KEEF, JOHN W. JOHNSTON.

